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Making Sure D.C. Residents Can See Their Government Make Decisions 
ACLU-NCA Testifies In Support of Open Meetings Bill
Years-Long Effort to Change 'Farce' of Current D.C. Law Allowing Closed Meetings
ACLU Supports D.C. Council Effort to Rein in LessSecure Communities Program 
Fenty Seeks to Turn over Certain D.C. Info to ICE so Feds Will Deport Some D.C. Residents
Making All D.C. Folk Safer by Encouraging Community Cooperation with Police without Fear of Deportation
ACLU Opposes New Effort to Criminalize Mere Loitering 
So-Called 'School Safe Passage' Bill Would Give Police More Opportunity To Harrass
Bill Would Also Not Solve Problem It Identifies
ACLU-NCA Urges Passage of D.C. Medical Marijuana Law 
Notes Bill is Carefully Crafted to Apply Only To Medical Use
Also Urges Medical Treatment Option Instead of Criminal Sanctions for Personal Use
Urging Criminal Code Exclusion for 'De Minimis' Actions 
ACLU-NCA Asks Judiciary Committee Chair to Introduce Legislation
Cites Support by D.C. Court of Appeals, Model Penal Code, Other States
ACLU-NCA Backs D.C. Appointment of D.C. Judges 
Mendelson Bill Would Have Local Judges Appointed Locally
Judicial Nominating Commission Would Continue to Play Role
ACLU-NCA Supports Omnibus Open Government Bill 
Huge Anger by Witnesses at D.C. Agencies High-Handed Treatment of FOIA Requesters
D.C. Government's Blanket Ignoring Requests Amounts to 'Lawless' DeFacto Repeal of Existing D.C. Freedom of Information Act
March 3 Was Marriage Fairness Date in D.C. 
D.C. Council Approved Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty Bill, 11-2,
Rejected Bullying by Catholic Archbishop; Adopted Bill & Amendments Backed by ACLU-NCA, GLAA, Many Churches
New NCA Animation Makes Compelling Case for D.C. Statehood 
Full Democracy for District Americans Within Reach
Individuals and Organizations Nationwide Link to Statehood Animation
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ACLU Supports Election Reform in D.C. 
Cheh Bill 18-345 Would Allow Same-Day Registration, Ease Absentee Voting
ACLU Opposes Filing Fees, Other Provisions
Free Speech Is Not Disorderly Conduct 
July 30, 2009 ACLU-NCA Picket At the White House, Just Before 'Chat over a Beer'
Policeman Admitted Arresting Professor for Not Stopping Talking, That Is Illegal
Honoring D.C.Veterans of Military Service and the Statehood Struggle 
Busboys & Poets Event To Celebrate District Heroes, Will Kickoff Renewed Statehood Push
Limited Seating for Thursday, Aug. 6th Affair That's Becoming Buzz of Nation's Capital
MPD-Funded Study Promotes Comprehensive Approach to Stopping Gangs, Violence 
'Responding to Gang, Crew and Youth Violence in D.C.: A Blueprint for Action'
New Blueprint Builds on Past Successful Anti-Gang Program That Fenty Ended; Injunctions Not Mentioned
Public School Discipline and Uniforms 
The Importance of Respecting Student Rights
ACLU-NCA Testimony Urged Interventions Other than Suspension and Expulsion, and Keeping Uniforms Voluntary
Graffiti Bill Still Needs Work 
ACLU Recommends Changes in Graffiti Bill
Property Owners Deserve Real Notice Before Suffering Penalties
Absurd Attack by U.S. Attorney's Office Demonstrates What's Wrong with Current Disorderly Conduct Law (and the Office?) 
ACLU Letter Rebuts US Attorney's Claims to D.C. Council
Protecting D.C. Residents Against Illegal Harassment and Arrest
VICTORY! Over Fenty-Evans-Graham 'Anti-Gang Injunction' Approach Likely Creating More Gang Crime 
D.C. Council Sticks With Coalition, Experts Opposing Fenty Anti-Gang Injunction as Ineffective and Anti-Freedom
ACLU-NCA Testified Against Another Political 'Quick-Fix' That Makes Things Worse
Please Join Us For a 'Statehood for D.C.' Teach-In and Free Concert 
On the West Steps of the United States Capitol, First Street NW between Constitution and Independence Avenues
Wed., 1 April 2009, from 5:30-8:00 pm Hosted by ACLU-NCA and Coalition Partners
Not Getting the Word 
DC Public Library Would Require Speech Permits
Ignoring the First Amendment Rights Act of 2004
D.C. Budget Crisis: Mayor Fenty Will Cut 200 Vacancies 
ACLU-NCA Urges: Cut Millions Wasted on Ineffective Surveillance
WAMU Reports 1 in 4 Jobs Fenty Cuts Are with Police Department: D.C. Examiner Says The Axe Falls Mostly on Police
New Transgender Regulations Bad Policy and Illegal 
ACLU-NCA Urges Office of Human Rights to Withdraw Regulations and Concentrate on Mediation
Regulations Would Violate Human Rights Act Amendments on Gender Identity and Expression
Making It Possible to Sue MPD Officers Accused of Misconduct 
ACLU-NCA Attacks MPD for Violating New Law on Service of Process for Police Officers
Game-Playing Harms Victims of Police Misconduct
Challenging the Fenty Approach to Public Safety 
ACLU-NCA Says Fenty Administration Anti-Crime Initiatives Trample Rights and Fail to Prevent Crime
Ignoring Best Practices, Using PR Gimmicks, Repeating Past Mistakes
Another Fenty Spy Proposal 
ACLU-NCA Attacks New Scheme to Network Surveillance Cameras
Another Step Towards Replacing London as Spy Camera Capital of the World
'Eyewitness' Testimony Source of Misidentification, DNA Evidence Shows 
MPD Resists Reforming Eyewitness ID Procedures, Increasing Wrongful Convictions
ACLU-NCA Seeks Support for Best Practices Approach
Clergy & Homeless Allied in Fight for Separation of Church and State 
ACLU-NCA Brings Lawsuit to Bar D.C. from Giving $12 Million to Mission
'We are in the business of converting people to Christ.'
Illegal Discrimination Falls to ACLU Victory in Court 
Library of Congress Reneged on Job Offer to 25-Year Veteran Army Ranger
Good Enough for 450 Parachute Jumps, Heading Special Ops, Briefing VP Cheney, Master's Degrees--But Not Terrorism Research
SAVE THE DATE: Thursday March 26, 2009 
Bill of Rights Awards Luncheon to Honor ACLU President Nadine Strossen
Former Montgomery County Chapter Co-Chair Robert Coe to Receive Alan & Adrienne Barth Volunteer Service Award
Construction Alert: New ACLU-NCA Website Coming Online 
BETA Tests, Migration, Underway for Expanded Site
Implementing Several New Features Including Subdirectories of Specific Issues and Regions, More Pictures and Other Graphics, More Links to Other Resources and Eventually a Surprise (for Us, at Least)!
ACLU and Human Rights First File Revised Complaint in Case Against Rumsfeld on Torture 
Joined with Torture Cases Against Col. Pappas, Gen. Karpinski & Gen Sanchez
Holding Those in Charge Personally Responsible

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